The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is a piece featured in Peter Ilich
Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker. The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
itself was written by E. T. A. Hoffman, with the adaptation by
Alexandre Dumas being set to music by Tchaikovsky. Towards the end of
the story the Nutcracker turns into a prince, taking the heroine, Clara
Stahlbaum, to the land of the Sugar Plum Fairy (which features The
Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy). The Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
featured a novelty: an instrument called a celesta. Although the
celesta looks similar to a piano (as it also has a keyboard), metal
plates instead of strings are hit by the hammers, giving the instrument
a very soft, bell-like resonance. This characteristic sound was perfect
for the Sugar Plum Fairy, and the celesta is forever associated with
The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Many pieces of The Nutcracker also
featured in Disney’s film Fantasia.

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